ATLANTA — The Hawks know that at this point of the season, every game is important. They’ve lost their first two games of their Eastern Conference playoffs first-round series against the Celtics. So, they know that Friday’s Game 3 carries serious implications.
“It’s obviously, you know, the most important game; as you said they’re all important,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said at practice Thursday. “I think the pressure, I don’t want to feel pressure as much as I want to feel enthusiasm, aggression, you know determinedness, if that’s a word, determinedness. I want to be determined.”
Despite the loss in Game 2, the Hawks took a step in the right direction with how they started. They led 22-11 after the first almost seven minutes, but couldn’t sustain it. So, the team will try to take the good things they did at the end of Game 1 and combine it with their good start to Game 2 and string together a full 48 minutes of better basketball.
